甭

béng

adverb #12,517

Meanings

1 don't; needn't
2 contraction of 不用 (bùyòng)

Characters

don't; needn't (contraction of 不用)

Examples

你甭管这事。

Nǐ béng guǎn zhè shì.

Don't worry about this matter.

甭客气，随便坐。

Béng kèqi, suíbiàn zuò.

Don't be polite, sit anywhere.

Tips

register

Very colloquial, strongly associated with Beijing dialect. In standard Mandarin, 不用 (bùyòng) is preferred.

memory

甭 is literally 不 on top of 用 squeezed into one character — just like the meaning is 不用 squeezed into one word.

Stroke Order

甭 béng